Gombe lawmaker abducted

Unidentified persons yesterday kidnapped a member of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Jalo Ganga (PDP-Gombe North), in his home.

A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the kidnappers arrived the lawmaker’s home on a motorcycle.

They reportedly abducted him around 5am when he was going for his morning (Subuhi) prayers.

The source said the lawmaker shouted for help but to no avail.

Ganga was said to have been taken to an unknown destination.

Police Commissioner Mohammed Sule confirmed the incident.

He said: We just heard this morning that some hoodlums came with a motorcycle while he was going to pray. He was accosted and they took him on a motorcycle. It seemed a vehicle was parked close to his house, because people said they heard the sound of a vehicle zooming off.”

The police chief explained that the kidnappers abandoned their motorcycle with no number plate.

He assured that the police would rescue the lawmaker.

Sule said: “My investigators and intelligence officers are already working to trace his whereabouts and the motive behind his kidnap.”

The police commissioner said the lawmaker’s two mobile phones were abandoned.

He wondered if a ransom was the motive for the kidnap.

The State Director of the State Security Services (SSS), Mr Bitrus Asher, also confirmed the incident.

House of Assembly Speaker Inuwa Garba said: “We are making some efforts, please. I don’t want to say anything about it now.”.

NAN reports that Ganga is the Chairman of House Committee on Finance.

The lawmaker was at the Seventh Annual Cultural Festival, organised by the Tangale ethnic group on Saturday.